The Rationality of Economic Voting Revisited

Journal of Politics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 224-236

  Suzuki, Motoshi ^a   Chappell, Henry W ^b  

^a KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 84985944715     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960356     Document Type: Article

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